diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 335884dd..089ae134 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@
     "apr-awaitify": "^1.0.4",
     "apr-filter": "^1.0.5",
     "apr-for-each": "^1.0.6",
+    "apr-intercept": "^1.0.4",
     "apr-main": "^1.0.7",
     "apr-map": "^1.0.5",
+    "apr-reduce": "^1.0.5",
+    "apr-sort-by": "^1.0.5",
     "babel-eslint": "^7.2.3",
+    "chalk": "^1.1.3",
     "conventional-changelog-angular": "^1.3.3",
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "^1.3.1",
     "conventional-changelog-lint": "^1.1.9",
@@ -54,17 +58,21 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.0.1",
     "eslint-tap": "^2.0.1",
     "execa": "^0.6.3",
+    "figures": "^2.0.0",
     "force-array": "^3.1.0",
     "husky": "^0.13.3",
+    "inquirer": "^3.0.6",
     "lerna": "^2.0.0-rc.5",
     "lerna-wizard": "ramitos/lerna-wizard#7bcdc11",
     "license-to-fail": "^2.2.0",
-    "listr": "^0.12.0",
-    "lodash.uniq": "^4.5.0",
+    "lodash.isplainobject": "^4.0.6",
+    "lodash.isstring": "^4.0.1",
+    "lodash.uniqby": "^4.7.0",
     "npm-check-updates": "^2.11.2",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.0.2",
     "prettier": "1.3.1",
     "quality-docs": "^3.3.0",
+    "read-pkg": "^2.0.0",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
     "staged-git-files": "0.0.4",
     "yargs": "^8.0.1"
diff --git a/scripts/publish b/scripts/publish
index 6fc7f2ee..62f6e720 100755
--- a/scripts/publish
+++ b/scripts/publish
@@ -1,159 +1,474 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 const { EOL } = require('os');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const isString = require('lodash.isstring');
+const isPlainObject = require('lodash.isplainobject');
+const uniqBy = require('lodash.uniqby');
+const sortBy = require('apr-sort-by');
+const map = require('apr-map');
 const pkg = require('../package.json');
 const { writeFile } = require('mz/fs');
+const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
+const reduce = require('apr-reduce');
+const intercept = require('apr-intercept');
 const execa = require('execa');
-const Listr = require('listr');
 const argv = require('yargs').argv;
 const semver = require('semver');
+const globby = require('globby');
+const figures = require('figures');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 const path = require('path');
 
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+
+const exec = (...args) =>
+  execa(...args, {
+    stdio: 'inherit'
+  });
+
+const releaseTypes = {
+  dev: 'dev',
+  staging: 'staging',
+  production: 'production'
+};
+
 const incs = {
-  major: argv.production,
-  minor: argv.staging,
-  patch: argv.dev
+  production: 'major',
+  staging: 'minor',
+  dev: 'patch'
 };
 
-const type = ['production', 'staging', 'dev']
-  .filter(k => argv[k])
-  .reduce((t, name) => name, '');
+const tasks = [
+  {
+    title: 'Git Check',
+    description: 'Checks whether the current git state is ideal for a publish',
+    task: [
+      {
+        title: 'Branch',
+        description: 'Checks if the current branch is `master`. To ignore use the `--any-branch` flag',
+        filter: () => !argv['any-branch'],
+        task: async () => {
+          const branch = await execa.stdout('git', [
+            'symbolic-ref',
+            '--short',
+            'HEAD'
+          ]);
 
-const exec = (...args) => {
-  const cp = execa(...args);
+          if (branch !== 'master') {
+            throw new Error(
+              'Not on `master` branch. Use --any-branch to publish anyway'
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Working tree',
+        description: 'Checks if working tree is clean. To ignore use the `--force` flag',
+        filter: () => !argv.force,
+        task: async () => {
+          const status = await execa.stdout('git', ['status', '--porcelain']);
 
-  cp.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-  cp.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
+          if (status !== '') {
+            throw new Error(
+              'Unclean working tree. Commit or stash changes first. Use --force to publish anyway'
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Remote history',
+        description: 'Checks if remote history differs',
+        task: async () => {
+          const history = await execa.stdout('git', [
+            'rev-list',
+            '--count',
+            '--left-only',
+            '@{u}...HEAD'
+          ]);
 
-  return cp;
-};
+          if (history !== '0') {
+            throw new Error('Remote history differs. Please pull changes');
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Lerna',
+    task: [
+      {
+        title: 'Updated',
+        description: 'Shows a list of updated packages',
+        task: () =>
+          exec('lerna', ['updated', '--conventional-commits', '--independent'])
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Publish',
+        description: 'Publish updated packages, based on the changes from last tag',
+        task: async ({ prefix }) => {
+          const { publish } = await inquirer.prompt([
+            {
+              name: 'publish',
+              type: 'confirm',
+              message: `${prefix}Want to publish packages?`
+            }
+          ]);
 
-const errors = [
-  'Not on `master` branch. Use --any-branch to publish anyway.',
-  'Unclean working tree. Commit or stash changes first. Use --force to publish anyway.',
-  'Remote history differs. Please pull changes.',
-  'Use --staging/--dev/--production'
-];
+          if (!publish) {
+            return {
+              published: false
+            };
+          }
 
-if (!argv.staging && !argv.dev && !argv.production) {
-  throw new Error(errors[3]);
-}
+          const msg = 'chore: publish packages';
+          const prevCommit = await execa.stdout('git', [
+            'log',
+            '-1',
+            "--format='%h'"
+          ]);
 
-// based on https://github.com/sindresorhus/np/blob/df8bb7153ecb05cd4674846f488d012f3cd252e1/lib/git.js
-const tasks = new Listr(
-  [
-    {
-      title: 'Check',
-      task: () =>
-        new Listr([
-          {
-            title: 'Check current branch',
-            task: async () => {
-              const branch = await execa.stdout('git', [
-                'symbolic-ref',
-                '--short',
+          const [err] = await intercept(
+            exec('lerna', [
+              'publish',
+              '--conventional-commits',
+              '--independent',
+              '-m',
+              `"${msg}"`
+            ])
+          );
+
+          // check if user denied publish
+          if (/^Command\sfailed:/.test(err.message)) {
+            return {
+              published: false
+            };
+          }
+
+          // check if last commit is the publish
+          const lastCommit = await execa.stdout('git', [
+            'log',
+            '-1',
+            "--format=\"title:'%s' hash:'%h'\""
+          ]);
+
+          const [_, title, hash] = lastCommit.match(
+            /title:'(.*?) hash:'(.*?)'/
+          );
+
+          return {
+            published: title === msg && hash !== prevCommit
+          };
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Release',
+    description: 'Cut a release for Continuous Delivery',
+    task: [
+      {
+        filter: ({ published }) => !published,
+        task: async ({ published, prefix }) =>
+          inquirer.prompt([
+            {
+              name: 'release',
+              type: 'confirm',
+              default: false,
+              message: `${prefix}No lerna publish detected. Are you sure you want to release? \n ${prefix}${chalk.dim(`(${chalk.yellow(figures.warning)} this can have negative effects on future lerna publishes since it detects changes based on tags)`)}`
+            }
+          ])
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Type',
+        filter: ({ release }) => release,
+        task: async ({ prefix }) =>
+          inquirer.prompt([
+            {
+              name: 'releaseType',
+              type: 'list',
+              message: `${prefix}What type of release?`,
+              choices: Object.keys(releaseTypes),
+              default: 'dev'
+            }
+          ])
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Version bump',
+        description: 'Bum version based on release type',
+        filter: ({ release }) => release,
+        task: async ({ releaseType }) => {
+          const version = Object.keys(incs)
+            .filter(k => releaseType === k)
+            .reduce((v, k) => semver.inc(v, incs[k]), pkg.version);
+
+          return {
+            version: String(version)
+          };
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Tag',
+        description: 'Create new tag for release',
+        filter: ({ release }) => release,
+        task: async ({ version, releaseType, prefix }) => {
+          // from a tag hash, get the timestamp
+          const tagTimestamp = async ({ hash }) => {
+            if (!hash) {
+              return 0;
+            }
+
+            const show = await execa.stdout('git', [
+              'show',
+              '-s',
+              '--format=%ct',
+              hash
+            ]);
+
+            return -Number(show.split(/\n/).pop());
+          };
+
+          // from a string of tags, get the name, hash, version and pkg
+          const parseTags = str =>
+            str.split(/\n/).map(line => {
+              const meta = line.match(/(.*?)\s*?refs\/tags\/(.*?)@(.*)/);
+              const hashname = line.match(/(.*?)\s*?refs\/tags\/(.*)/);
+
+              const [_, __, pkg, version] = meta || [];
+              const [___, hash, name] = hashname || [];
+
+              return {
+                hash,
+                name: (name || '').replace('^{}', ''),
+                pkg,
+                version: (version || '').replace('^{}', '')
+              };
+            });
+
+          // get a tag parent tag
+          // this is needed to build a summary of changes
+          const getLastTag = async () => {
+            // get all remote tags
+            const remoteTags = await execa.stdout('git', [
+              'ls-remote',
+              '--tags'
+            ]);
+
+            // get all local tags
+            const localTags = await execa.stdout('git', [
+              'show-ref',
+              '--tags',
+              '-d'
+            ]);
+
+            // gather all tags, remote and local
+            const allTags = parseTags(remoteTags)
+              .concat(parseTags(localTags))
+              .filter(Boolean);
+
+            // from all tags, filter duplicates
+            const uniqueTags = uniqBy(allTags, ({ name }) => name);
+            // sort tags by timestamp, most recent to oldest
+            const tags = await sortBy(uniqueTags, tagTimestamp);
+
+            // check whether any of the tags matches the name
+            const type = releaseTypes[releaseType];
+            const projTags = tags.filter(
+              ({ name }) => name.indexOf(`${pkg.name}-${type}`) >= 0
+            );
+
+            // if tags found, get the most recent
+            if (projTags.length) {
+              return projTags.shift().name;
+            }
+
+            // get all package folders
+            const pkgFolders = (await globby(['packages/*'], {
+              cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..')
+            })).map(folder => path.resolve(ROOT, folder));
+
+            // get package names
+            const pkgs = await map(
+              pkgFolders,
+              async folder => (await readPkg(folder)).name
+            );
+
+            // filter tags that are scoped to packages
+            const nonLernaTags = tags.filter(
+              tag => !pkgs.some(pkg => tag.pkg === pkg)
+            );
+
+            // if no remaining tag, get first repo commit
+            if (!nonLernaTags.length) {
+              return execa.stdout('git', [
+                'rev-list',
+                '--max-parents=0',
                 'HEAD'
               ]);
-
-              if (branch !== 'master' && !argv['any-branch']) {
-                throw new Error(errors[0]);
-              }
             }
-          },
-          {
-            title: 'Check local working tree',
-            task: async () => {
-              const status = await execa.stdout('git', [
-                'status',
-                '--porcelain'
-              ]);
 
-              if (status !== '' && !argv.force) {
-                throw new Error(errors[1]);
+            // from the remaining tags, pick one
+            const { tag } = await inquirer.prompt([
+              {
+                name: 'tag',
+                type: 'list',
+                message: `${prefix}What tag to base your release on?`,
+                choices: nonLernaTags.map(({ name }) => name),
+                pageSize: nonLernaTags.length
               }
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            title: 'Check remote history',
-            task: async () => {
-              const history = await execa.stdout('git', [
-                'rev-list',
-                '--count',
-                '--left-only',
-                '@{u}...HEAD'
-              ]);
+            ]);
 
-              if (history !== '0') {
-                throw new Error(errors[3]);
-              }
+            return tag;
+          };
+
+          const lastTag = await getLastTag();
+          const lastCommits = await execa.stdout('git', [
+            'log',
+            `${lastTag}..HEAD`,
+            '--no-merges',
+            '--format="%h %s (%aN)"'
+          ]);
+
+          const tagName = `${pkg.name}-${releaseType}@${version}`;
+          const tagBody = `${EOL}${lastCommits}`;
+
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.log(
+            `${prefix}${chalk.yellow('Tag Name: ')}\n${prefix}${prefix}${chalk.dim(tagName)}`
+          );
+
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.log(`${prefix}${chalk.yellow('Tag Description: ')}`);
+
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.log(
+            `${chalk.dim(lastCommits
+                .split(/\n/)
+                .map(line => `${prefix}${prefix}${line}`)
+                .join('\n'))}`
+          );
+
+          const { createTag } = await inquirer.prompt([
+            {
+              name: 'createTag',
+              type: 'confirm',
+              message: `${prefix}Should above tag be created?`
             }
+          ]);
+
+          if (!createTag) {
+            return {
+              createTag
+            };
           }
-        ])
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'Publish',
-      task: () =>
-        exec('lerna', [
-          'publish',
-          '--conventional-commits',
-          '--independent',
-          '-m',
-          'chore: publish'
-        ])
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'Version',
-      task: async () => {
-        pkg.version = Object.keys(incs)
-          .filter(k => incs[k])
-          .reduce((v, release) => semver.inc(v, release), pkg.version);
 
-        await writeFile(
-          path.join(__dirname, '../package.json'),
-          JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2),
-          'utf-8'
+          await exec('git', ['tag', tagName, '-m', tagBody]);
+
+          return {
+            tagName,
+            tagBody,
+            lastCommits,
+            createTag
+          };
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Push',
+        description: 'Push just created tag to origin',
+        filter: ({ createTag }) => createTag,
+        task: async ({ tagName, prefix }) => {
+          const { pushTag } = await inquirer.prompt([
+            {
+              name: 'pushTag',
+              type: 'confirm',
+              message: `${prefix}Should ${chalk.yellow(tagName)} be pushed to origin?`
+            }
+          ]);
+
+          if (!pushTag) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          return exec('git', ['push', 'origin', tagName]);
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Version write',
+        filter: ({ createTag }) => createTag,
+        description: 'Write new version to `package.json`',
+        task: ({ version }) => {
+          pkg.version = version;
+
+          return writeFile(
+            path.join(__dirname, '../package.json'),
+            JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2),
+            'utf-8'
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+];
+
+const run = (tasks = [], ctx = {}, prefix = '') =>
+  reduce(
+    tasks,
+    async (ctx = {}, { title, description, filter, task }) => {
+      if (!task) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const context = Object.assign({}, ctx, {
+        prefix
+      });
+
+      const shouldRun = filter ? await filter(context) : true;
+
+      if (!shouldRun) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (isString(title)) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log(`${prefix}${chalk.green(figures.arrowRight)} ${title}`);
+      }
+
+      if (isString(description)) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log(
+          `${chalk.dim(`${prefix}${figures.arrowRight} ${description}`)}`
         );
       }
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'Tag',
-      task: async () => {
-        const lastTag = await execa.stdout('git', [
-          'describe',
-          '--tags',
-          '--abbrev=0'
-        ]);
 
-        const lastCommits = await execa.stdout('git', [
-          'log',
-          `${lastTag}..HEAD`,
-          '--no-merges',
-          '--format="%h %s (%aN)"'
-        ]);
-
-        const msg = lastCommits
-          .split(/\n/)
-          .map(commit => commit.replace(/^"/, '').replace(/"$/, ''))
-          .join('\n');
-
-        return exec('git', [
-          'tag',
-          '-a',
-          `${pkg.name}-${type}@${pkg.version}`,
-          '-m',
-          `${EOL}${pkg.name}@${pkg.version}${EOL}${msg}`
-        ]);
+      if (Array.isArray(task)) {
+        return run(task, context, `${prefix}  `);
       }
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'Push',
-      task: () =>
-        exec('git', ['push', 'origin', `${pkg.name}-${type}@${pkg.version}`])
-    }
-  ],
-  {
-    renderer: 'verbose'
-  }
-);
 
-tasks.run().catch(() => process.exit(1));
+      const [err, nCtx] = await intercept(task(context));
+
+      if (err) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log(`${chalk.red(figures.cross)} ${chalk.dim(err.message)}`);
+
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log(
+          `${chalk.dim(err.stack.replace(`Error: ${err.message}`, '').trim())}`
+        );
+
+        throw err;
+      }
+
+      return Object.assign({}, context, isPlainObject(nCtx) ? nCtx : {});
+    },
+    ctx
+  );
+
+const exit = err => {
+  process.exit(1);
+};
+
+process.on('SIGTERM', exit);
+process.on('SIGINT', exit);
+process.on('SIGHUP', exit);
+
+run(tasks).catch(exit);